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name: "Kent Butterworth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kent-butterworth"
fi1m_id: "kent-butterworth"
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tmdb_id: 1212331
wikidata_id: "Q3195280"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "20 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T23:38:06.365133+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kent Butterworth

## Identity

Kent Butterworth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kent-butterworth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kent-butterworth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0125340
- **TMDB ID:** 1212331
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3195280
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195280, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125340/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212331

Director. Born 20 January 1953 in Gilbert, Arizona, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 20 January 1953, Gilbert, Arizona, USA
- **Active:** 1989–1992
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195280, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125340/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212331

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

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## Biography

Kent Butterworth is an American animation director. He was born on 20 January 1953 in Gilbert, Arizona. He began working in animation in the late 1970s as an inbetweener at Hanna-Barbera and later animated and directed at Filmation. He also served as an overseas animation supervisor in Korea and Japan.

Butterworth directed two episodes of the first season of *The Simpsons* (1990), "There's No Disgrace Like Home" and "Some Enchanted Evening". He directed episodes of *Batman: The Animated Series* (1992), *Tiny Toon Adventures* (1990–1992) and all 66 episodes of *Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog* (1993). He has also worked as a timing director and storyboard artist on series including *The Ren & Stimpy Show* and *Rugrats*.

In 2007 he wrote, directed and produced the animated feature *Attila and the Great Blue Bean*. He later worked as a producer heading the CGI department at Fox Family Worldwide and has provided animation timing for several DC Universe animated films.

*Sources: simpsons.fandom.com, imdb.com, awn.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Creature Commandos* (2024), series, Animation
- *Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three* (2024), Animation
- *Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One* (2024), as Other
- *Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match* (2023), as Other
- *Green Lantern: Beware My Power* (2022), Animation
- *Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms* (2021), as Other
- *Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge* (2020), as Other
- *DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock* (2019), Animation
- *The Stooge* (2019), Animation Director
- *DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year* (2016), Animation
- *Attila and the Great Blue Bean* (2007), as King Ethelred (voice) · Producer, Director, Character Designer, Writer
- *Madeline in Tahiti* (2007), Director
- *Bring It On: All or Nothing* (2006), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding* (2006), Visual Effects
- *American Pie Presents: Band Camp* (2005), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood* (2003), Visual Effects
- *Timecop: The Berlin Decision* (2003), Visual Effects
- *Batman: The Animated Series - The Legend Begins* (2002), Director
- *A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story* (2000), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Addams Family Reunion* (1998), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The Mouse and the Monster* (1996), series, Director
- *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Easter Chipmunk* (1995), Animation Director
- *A Hollywood Hounds Christmas* (1994), Producer, Director
- *Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: Quest for the Chaos Emeralds* (1993), Director
- *Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog* (1993), series, Director, Creator
- *Mighty Max* (1993), series, Director
- *Battletoads* (1992), Director, Producer
- *Battletoads* (1992), series, Director
- *Batman: The Animated Series* (1992), series, Director
- *Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation* (1992), Director
- *Tiny Toon Adventures* (1990), series, Director
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *The Butter Battle Book* (1989), Storyboard Artist, Animation Director
- *The California Raisin Show* (1989), series, Creator
- *This Is America, Charlie Brown* (1988), series, Animation
- *Spiral Zone* (1987), series, Writer

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